2019 marks the golden anniversary of the mass musical gatherings that saw the hippie generation at their 1969 zenith. Two events stand out, staged within days of each other that magical August: in the United States, there was Woodstock, and in the UK the Isle of Wight Festival of Music. Woodstock drew 400,000 fans and a quality bill that was a Who's Who of contemporary talent - all bar the main man the organisers hoped to lure on the doorstep of his home, Bob Dylan. Instead, Dylan opted to headline at the Isle of Wight, in front of close to 200,000 adoring fans. Here Bill Bradshaw celebrates the events of that summer 50 years on... and how the Isle of Wight, off England's southern coast, staged what was then the nation's biggest festival - and how it pulled off such a huge coup. Eye-witness accounts from fans, artists and the promoters bring alive that gilded summer and how it influenced both Dylan and the rock festival movement for generations to come.

Two people separated by age, distance and culture. Both suffering emotionally. Martin at home in Ireland, grieving for his wife who had died some seven years previously, and Joy a bar girl in Thailand with all that entails. In the years following his wife's death, Martin has sought solace through spirituality and has become a collector of reverent figurines. He travels to Thailand to attend an auction and is robbed by a street thief. In giving chase, he finds himself in Joy's bar and an odd but honest friendship is born. As a mutual respect is developed, both Martin and Joy struggle to contain their growing affections for each other as obstacles mount against them. There is opposition from Martin's family and there is a bureaucracy that threatens to overwhelm them as they try to forge a way forward. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil and abject poverty, Hello Welcome tells the bittersweet truth that sometimes, you will not be punished for your love...you will be punished by it.

Two people separated by age, distance and culture. Both suffering emotionally. Martin at home in Ireland, grieving for his wife who had died some seven years previously, and Joy a bar girl in Thailand with all that entails. In the years following his wife's death, Martin has sought solace through spirituality and has become a collector of reverent figurines. He travels to Thailand to attend an auction and is robbed by a street thief. In giving chase, he finds himself in Joy's bar and an odd but honest friendship is born. As a mutual respect is developed, both Martin and Joy struggle to contain their growing affections for each other as obstacles mount against them. There is opposition from Martin's family and there is a bureaucracy that threatens to overwhelm them as they try to forge a way forward. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil and abject poverty, Hello Welcome tells the bittersweet truth that sometimes, you will not be punished for your love...you will be punished by it.